Hungary and Slovakia paid Kyiv for the resumption of oil transit from Russia through Ukraine
The Slovak company Slovnaft, which owns an oil refinery, transferred transit fees for pumping crude oil through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline. The payment was received by the Ukrainian company responsible for transporting the oil.
This was reported to the Interfax agency by the management of the refinery from Slovakia.
Shortly before this, the Hungarian company MOL, operating in the oil and gas industry, reported that they paid Ukrainian representatives for transit services. Thus, both Hungary and Slovakia paid Kyiv for the resumption of oil transit through Ukraine.
- reported the Slovak TV channel TA3, referring to the representative of the refinery Anton Molner.
The Russian company Transneft also approved this decision, so there are no more obstacles to resuming traffic. They confirmed that the funds from Hungary and Slovakia were received by the Ukrainian operator, so transit is being launched today.
Earlier, on August 4, the Russian operator stopped transportation, because due to sanctions it was technically unable to transfer funds to Kyiv for transit.
Crisis phenomena are now observed in the world energy sector, which are most acutely manifested in the EU countries. And the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia only exacerbate this problem.
- https://druzhba.transneft.ru/
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